English
encode
From en- + code.
Latin caudex ‘the stock or stem of a tree’
Latin cōdex ‘tree trunk’
Old French code ‘system of law’
Middle English code ‘system of law’
English code
Today it means
verb To convert (plain text) into code.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “encode”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / encode